The King and Queen of Spain visit the stand of the University of Salamanca at Madrid’s Book Fair.

The University of Salamanca will give two book presentations and deliver “Leeureka” awards during the Book Fair.

The King and Queen of Spain have visited the stand that the University of Salamanca has put up for the occasion of Madrid’s Book Fair. The reason behind our presence there, is to let people know about the celebration of the VII Centenary and also to inform them of the publications of the University Editions of Salamanca.

In addition, the University of Salamanca scheduled two book presentations and the delivery of “Leeureka” awards! I Ibero-American Award for a Non-fiction Children’s Book. The first book presentation will be called “On victors and letters” (De vítores y letras) and is part of the History of the University collection. The second work will be edited on the occasion of handing over the XXV Reina Sofia Award of Ibero-American Poetry to Antonio Colinas, internationally recognized poetry award of international recognition which is granted by the University of Salamanca and the National Heritage.

This morning, at the presentation of the stand I was accompanied by the vice rector of the VIII Centenary, Mariano Esteban and the director of the University Editions of Salamanca, Eduardo Azofra. The presence of the University at the traditional Book Fair of Madrid is very important and it is one step more towards the celebration of the VIII Centenary.

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Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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